The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Stuck in the Suburbs
Family · Comedy · Music · 2004
Brittany Aarons is one of the many girls who has a crush on popular singer and boy-toy Jordan Cahill. However, she is bored of living a suburban existence and seeks a little something more.
Movie details
Stuck in the Suburbs
2004 Family · Comedy · Music 1h 18m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.0 / 10
Community rating
Brittany Aarons is one of the many girls who has a crush on popular singer and boy-toy Jordan Cahill. However, she is bored of living a suburban existence and seeks a little something more.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over Stuck in the Suburbs?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Savage Steve Holland
Written by
Wendy Engelberg · Amy Engelberg · Dan Berendsen
Danielle Panabaker
Brittany Aarons
Brenda Song
Natasha Kwon-Schwartz
Ryan Belleville
Eddie
Kirsten Nelson
Susan Aarons
Todd Stashwick
Len
J
Jennie Garland
Olivia Hooper
C
CiCi Hedgpeth
Ashley Simon
Court is in session
Put Stuck in the Suburbs on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.